A novel passive condenser for small-scale water desalination

Schmack, M., Ho, G.ORCID: 0000-0001-9190-8812 and Anda, M.ORCID: 0000-0001-7398-4192 (2013) A novel passive condenser for small-scale water desalination. In: Ozwater'13, 7 - 9 May, Perth, Western Australia

Abstract

This paper reports on the development and experimental evaluation of a bubble column – passive condenser system as a method for small-scale brackish water or seawater desalination. Particular focus is on the novel condenser prototype. A long narrow condenser of 10cm width and 150cm length demonstrates the best results. In the winter season under favourable ambient conditions, distillate recovery rates of 73% are commonly achieved. Sodium chloride salt removal is found to be highly effective with distillate salt concentrations between 69μS and 101μS. The condenser prototype presented here provides a building block towards the development of a novel bubble column – greenhouse desalination system.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Murdoch Affiliation:	School of Engineering and Information Technology
Publisher:	Australian Water Association
Notes:	Australia's international water conference and trade exhibition
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/20750

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